Michael Wang, PhD and Ian Russell, MB give a seminar about important issues that patients need to deal with before they have general anaesthesia.
The nature of general anaesthesia
Prof Wang discusses the components of a general anaesthetic and unconsciousness
What is anaesthetic awareness or anesthesia awareness?
Prof Wang explains the problem of anaesthetic awareness
How common is accidental anaesthetic awareness?
Prof Wang summarises research on the incidence of anaesthetic awareness
Why is anaesthetic awareness so traumatic?
Prof Wang explains the traumatic nature of anaesthetic awareness
The effects of anaesthetic awareness
Prof Wang summarises the psychological trauma of anaesthetic awareness
What is a muscle relaxant as used in surgery?
Dr Russell explains the nature and use of muscle relaxants
The Isolated Forearm Technique for the avoidance of ...
Dr Russell describes this simple technique for monitoring consciousness during surgery
Isolated Forearm Technique - How to do it
The Isolated Forearm Technique for the detection of intra-operative consciousness: A training video for anaesthetists by Ian F Russell and Michael Wang